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Wrestlemania 28 set records yesterday with a record gate of $8.9 million.  It also set records for the largest crowd at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida and the highest grossing live event in WWE history. WWE stock is up slightly at $8.83 near the close of Monday’s trading. Via WWE press release: The previous Sun Life Stadium attendance record was 77,912 for the BCS National Championship in 2005. Its highest grossing entertainment event was U2 on June 29, 2011, grossing more than $7.5 million. WrestleMania XXVIII surpassed the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania in Houston, which grossed $7.2 million. This marks the third consecutive year WrestleMania broke the gross entertainment event record of the host venue. Payout Perspective: While it is a press release from the WWE, if the attendance and gate are in the ballpark of the figures, the WWE’s annual event did not disappoint. The PPV buy rate should be good as well considering The Rock and the added promotion for the event.  For a company that has suffered some setbacks (e.g. WWE Network) lately, its a needed boost.  With the addition of Lesnar (and the subtraction of the Rock), the WWE will hope to continue the momentum from Sunday. Additional numbers and news from the WWE: - The Rock/Cena Countdown show, “Once in a Lifetime,” which first aired last Monday right before Raw on the USA Network scored 2.13 million viewers for a 1.47 rating according to Dave Metzler.  The rating was low for the time slot but was twice as much as most UFC Countdown shows.  This can be discounted slightly considering the uniqueness of the Rock/Cena show. -  The Atlantic had an interesting article pre-Wrestlemania asking the question of whether there would be blood in the HHH-Undertaker match.  It’s an interesting read on the business versus entertainment decisions behind blood in the match.  In the end, there was no blading  (although HHH did bleed unintentionally). -  And the big news for UFC fans is that Brock Lesnar has signed with the WWE.  Although he didn’t make his appearance last night, you may want to tune in tonight to see if Lesnar shows.  His contract is rumored to be for one year with limited appearances but big money.

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Freddie Roach may be boxing's best known current trainer, currently working the chief second for men like Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, but he has also worked closely with several mixed martial artists over the past few years. Freddie was on "Inside MMA" on Monday to discuss his choices for the top five boxers in MMA. Not surprisingly, four of the five men are guys he has personal experience working with in his gym, but it's still interesting to see who he chose. 5. K.J. Noons4. Nick Diaz3. B.J. Penn2. Georges St. Pierre1. Anderson Silva Noons is someone who gets brought up a lot as a guy with "great boxing" because he has an 11-2 pro boxing career. Of course, that record comes against mostly bad fighter with only three wins against fighters who won more than half of their bouts (records: 1-0, 4-2 and 6-4). In his one real attempt to face a step up in level of competition, Noons lost a decision to then 11-1 James Countryman. Countryman was a small level prospect while Noons was never particularly highly thought of as a boxing prospect (don't let anyone tell you differently). Of course, Countryman doesn't even have another officially recognized fight on his record since the Noons bout. Diaz, Penn and Silva are all deserving of their place on the list if we're talking about good boxing skills translated to MMA but I still have questions about GSP. It's not that GSP's boxing is bad, but for all the time spent training with Roach and focusing on his training he seems to show little more than a strong jab. I'm sure he has the tools in his toolbox but he's not really utilizing them in his fights. That predictability (along with an eye poke) led to Jake Shields, with his low-level striking, hanging with GSP on the feet in their bout. Personally, I'd probably add Junior dos Santos and Frankie Edgar to the list and remove GSP and Noons. Any talk of dos Santos having the skills to be a world champion boxer is nonsense, but he uses good technique to generate power and utilizes decent combination punching for a heavyweight mixed martial artist. As for Edgar, he uses very tight punching that is basically as good as anyone in the game at this point.

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Dana White imagines a future with no PPV: “Yeah, I do believe there will be a day when there probably isn’t pay-per-view.”The UFC has grown into a global force under the guidance White, the Fertitta brothers, and the rest of Zuffa, and it will continue to do so.“With this Fox exposure, we’re only a few months into this deal, but yeah, as we continue to put on shows and showcase talent over the next several years, the fan base is going to grow bigger and bigger and bigger.”...“As the landscape in television continues to change – a lot of people believe everything is gonna go to the internet,” said White recently. But until the transition between platforms is complete, watch yo back. From UFC.com: As part of the on-going initiative against online piracy, Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization, was successful in taking down and seizing the records of www.greenfeedz.com, a website which illegally streamed a dozen UFC® Pay-Per-View events.The records detail the email addresses, user names, number of events users illegally streamed and the IP addresses of all users who registered to watch pirated UFC events. The website had illegally streamed all UFC PPVs from UFC 130 to UFC 142, and the user records date back to May 28, 2011.Zuffa will be pursuing these claims through its counsel. You may remember Dana White saying he couldn't wait for the FBI to start kicking in doors and dragging people who watch pirate streams to jail. Well, this sounds like a very proactive step towards making that happen. We'll have to wait and see if the promotion goes after more than just the guys distributing the stream, but at the very least it's clear that's what they're implying they'll do. The goal is undoubtedly to scare streamers away from stealing the UFC's stuff, but similar tactics didn't exactly go over that well when the music industry started going after individual pirates. You'd be hard pressed to find a serious UFC fan who hasn't turned to some sort of copyright violation over the years to see the sport they love, so there's probably a lot of sympathy out there for these pirates and criminals.

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As part of the on-going initiative against online piracy, Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization, was successful in taking down and seizing the records of www.greenfeedz.com, a website which illegally streamed a dozen UFC® Pay-Per-View events.The records detail the email addresses, user names, number of events users illegally streamed and the IP addresses of all users who registered to watch pirated UFC events. The website had illegally streamed all UFC PPVs from UFC 130 to UFC 142, and the user records date back to May 28, 2011. Zuffa will be pursuing these claims through its counsel.

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The Ultimate Fighter 15 debuted with a new format and a new home this past Friday. After seven years and 14 pre-recorded seasons on Spike, the show is transitioning to a live format for it's first season on Fox subsidiary FX. The first episode of the season is always one of the most anticipated, as it features 16 elimination fights, with the winners moving into the house while the losers are simply sent home. Since the show was going to be shown live, one of the popular questions from fans going into Friday was how Zuffa and FX were going to put on 16 fights in just two and a half hours of television. In his opening speech to the fighters, Dana White gave the answer: Each fight was going to be fought in just one five minute round. With such a short amount of time to make something happen, the fights were fought at a high pace and half of them ended inside the distance, with five submissions and three knockouts. Since the fights took up the bulk of the show I thought I'd take the time to do a brief profile of each of the winners, so you can have an idea of who to watch for. I also did my own mock draft in preparation for next week, when coaches Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber will pick their teams. Feel free to post up your own mock draft in the comments section and we can have a friendly competition for HKL bragging rights. Profiles and the draft after the jump. THE KNOCKOUT ARTISTS: Name: Sam Sicilia Age: 26 Record: 11-0 Fight Team: Sikjitsu Notables: Sicilia has a crazy record: He fought once as an amateur and once as a professional in 2007 before disappearing from the scene. He returned in January of 2011 to fight a whopping nine times in the year, stopping every single one of his opponents. Name: Chris Tickle Age: 30 Record: 8-4 Fight Team: One Step Fitness Notables: Tickle has the worst winning percentage of any of this season's contestants, having gone 1-3 in his amateur career and starting his professional career 2-4. All seven of his defeats were by submission. He turned things around in a big way with five consecutive wins and a first minute knock out to get into the house but the submission specialists in the house are sure to already have him on their radar.Name: Justin Lawrence Age: 22 Record: 4-0 Fight Team: BlackHouse MMA Notables: As a member of BlackHouse, Lawrence might have the best training partners in the world, let alone in the house. He has the least MMA experience of any of the cast members but after putting an incredible beating on his highly touted opponent, James Krause, he should have everyone on alert. THE SUBMISSION SNATCHERS: Name: Joe ProctorAge: 26Record: 8-1Fight Team: Team AggressionNotables: Proctor is a teammate and training partner of Joe Lauzon. He is also the current Reality Fighting lightweight champion. Name: Cristiano Marcello Age: 34 Record: 13-3 Fight Team: CM System Notables: Marcello holds a win over TUF 8 alumni Dave Kaplan. He was the head jiu jitsu coach at Chute Boxe for years before leaving to start his own team under the "CM System" name. Marcello is supposed to have choked out Crazy Horse Bennett during a backstage altercation at Pride Shockwave 2006.Name: Vinc Pichel Age: 29 Record: 8-0 Fight Team: Big John McCarthy's Ultimate Training Center Notables: While he does not have a signature victory yet, he has finished all of his opponents. His victory to get in the house was his first ever win by submission.Name: Michael Chiesa Age: 24 Record: 8-0 Fight Team: Sikjitsu Notables: Chiesa is one of six undefeated fighters who made it to the house this year. He trains out of Spokane, Washington with one of his housemates, Sam Sicilia.Name: Mike Rio Age: 30 Record: 9-1 Fight Team: Zen Jiu Jitsu Notables: Rio is a three time NAIA college wrestling champion, having attended Lindenwood University. He is probably the most decorated wrestler on the show. His lone loss came via decision to former TUF champion Efrain Escudero. DECISION MAKERS: Name: Andy Ogle Age: 23 Record: 9-1 Fight Team: Yasamasu MMA Notables: The lone UK fighter to make it through the elimination fights, Ogle has fought his entire professional career at home.Name: John CoferAge: 27Record: 8-1Fight Team: The HardCore GymNotables: Another fighter coming from a solid team, Cofer is the current Fight Party lightweight champion. Name: Chris SaundersAge: 26Record: 10-2Fight Team: All In MMANotables: Saunders has won two lightweight championships in small promotions (MEZ Sports and NAIOP) already in his young career and he has also fought in front of the bright lights of Bellator, losing a decision to Chris Horodecki. Name: James VickAge: 25Record: 5-0Fight Team: Phalanx MMANotables: Vick is one of the least known American fighters to make it on the show this year. He doesn't fight at a particularly known gym and he hasn't had any signature victories in his brief career and he didn't put on a particularly thrilling fight on Friday, so he is definitely one of the wildcards. Name: Daron CruickshankAge: 26Record: 10-2Fight Team: Mash Fight TeamNotables: Cruickshank won his very first professional fight via spinning backfist knockout, a rare achievement to be sure. He won the Ringside MMA lightweight championship late last year before leaving the organization. Name: Jeremy LarsenAge: 27Record: 9-2Fight Team: Arizona Combat SportsNotables: Larsen is another cast member who has dropped a decision to Efrain Escudero since the latter was cut from the UFC. With five decisions in his 11 fights, Larsen is one of the more cage hardened fighters of the season. Name: Al IaquintaAge: 24Record: 6-1-1Fight Team: Serra Longo Fight TeamNotables: Iaquinta was the 10th ranked lightweight in the 2011 Bloody Elbow World MMA Scouting Report. He was the former Ring of Combat lightweight champion, a title formerly held by current UFC fighters Edson Barboza, John Cholish and Charles Oliveira. Name: Myles JuryAge: 23Record: 10-0Fight Team: The ArenaNotables: Jury was selected to compete on the 13th season of TUF but was forced off due to injury. His five minute decision was the first time he has gone past the third minute in his professional career, racking up five submissions and four TKO stoppages within the first 180 seconds in his nine fights. MOCK DRAFT Since we don't know who is getting the first pick, it doesn't make much sense to do a mock draft for each team. Instead, I'll just rank the fighters in the order that I think they'll be selected, with a quick sentence explaining my rationale. 1. Myles Jury - If Cruz gets first pick I'd be shocked to see him go with anyone else. He has trained extensively with Jury and the kid has the most impressive record of anyone on the show. Faber probably won't take him unless he wants to mess with Cruz, so there is a chance Cruz could leave Jury on the board for the later rounds but I don't think he'll chance it. 2. Sam Sicilia - I'm a little bit torn between Sicilia and Justin Lawrence. Sicilia got the quick knockout, looking like a lightweight Johny Hendricks in the process, while Lawrence destroyed James Krause in a more meticulous fashion. Sicilia has more MMA experience so he'll probably get snatched up a bit quicker.3. Justin Lawrence - My pick to win the whole thing. He looked great on the feet against Krause, using karate to control the distance and rapid fire punch combinations when he was within range. He looked even better on the ground, transitioning from grappling to ground striking with lightning quickness. He should be the number one pick but with the Cruz/Jury connection and impressiveness of Sicilia, he is likely to land at number 3. 4. Michael Chiesa - Sicilia's teammate at Sikjitsu, Chiesa had no problem getting his fight to the mat, securing a dominant position once there and finishing with a submission. He reminded me a little bit of Jonathan Brookins in that he is a lanky grappler with excellent take downs and finishing skills. 5. Cristiano Marcello - He's a bit of an old dog at 34 years old, but you can't ignore the experience that he has from all his years with Chute Boxe. His JJ knowledge alone makes him an excellent pick, as he is sure to provide his team with a few good tricks as the show goes on. 6. Al Iaquinta - He is young and comes from a great camp. What more could you ask for? In these situations, where the coaches don't have to go on, stuff like where a guy trains make a big difference. He'll be picked high because of his lineage. 7. Vinc Pichel - Like Jury, Pichel is undefeated and has never gone to a decision in his fight career. Big John McCarthy is well known as the best referee in MMA history and if Pichel has a good showing, McCarthy might start to become known for his ability as a trainer as well. An interesting guy to watch. 8. Mike Rio - I'd have him a little higher on the list if it wasn't for his age. 30 is a little late to be breaking into at the major league level, despite his wrestling credentials. He was outstruck during his elimination match and he'll be in tough against anyone who can stop the takedown or get back up. 9. Daron Cruickshank - One of the more impressive decision victors, Cruickshank seems to have a good all around game, including some karate kicks. A darkhorse to win the entire competition if you ask me.10. Chris Tickle - I'm not sure that Tickle will drop this far, because he did earn his way into the house with a first minute knockout. That being said, I detailed his numerous submission losses and I'm sure that Cruz and Faber will notice the same thing. There are a lot of good grapplers in the house, making Tickle a high-risk pick. He could destroy everyone or he could get tapped out in his first fight.11. Joe Proctor - He might deserve to go a little higher, but he was in the first fight of the night and by the end of the show I could barely remember how he won. He has already been a regional champion and he trains with Joe Lauzon, so he's got the credentials for sure.12. Chris Saunders - He seems pretty solid but unspectacular. He seems like the type of guy to be in every fight he's in but I didn't see enough to think that he can really be a threat to win the show. 13. John Cofer - Trains with a good team. I might be undervaluing Cofer here based on his performance on Friday, which was a little conservative. He'll need to open up his game if he wants to go deep in the competition, but at least he has the training behind him to give him a chance. 14. Jeremy Larsen - Another guy who, like Saunders, seems solid but unspectacular. Not much more I can say about him for now. 15. James Vick - Despite his undefeated status, I don't think he's going to excite Faber and Cruz the way the other unbeaten guys will. There just isn't enough information about him out there for me and his fight with Cochrane was the least interesting and exciting bout, so he's going to be one of the last guys picked for sure. 16. Andy Ogle - He had a tough time in his elimination fight, spending just about the entire fight defending a triangle choke from the top position. He did show good submission defense but yikes, not the way anyone wants to get into the TUF house. So there you have it. What do you guys think of this season's talent? Anyone think I'm way off the mark on any of these guys? What does your mock draft look like?

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"Erection, Your Onion!  He's clearly guilty by reason of creeper facial hair!" There's been a fair amount of discussion on the internets about Strikeforce fighter Brandon Saling's outing as both a registered sex offender and apparent neo-Nazi, and though much of the chatter between commenters was about his presumed white supremacist opinions, athletic commissions care a lot more about the rapey part.  And so both the Ohio and New Jersey athletic commissions have already revoked his license for lying about his criminal record. OAC executive director Bernie Profato told MMAjunkie.com that Saling (8-6 MMA, 0-1 SF) violated administrative statutes when he lied about his criminal background on an application for a fight license. Saling can appeal the ruling at a OAC hearing planned for April 11. "There's a dual thing there," Profato said. "He'll have to answer to the falsification, and two, if you read the law, it says they don't have to license you for a felony. Now, it will be whether they ever license him again because of being listed as a sexual predator.". . .Profato said Saling marked "no" on the part of his application for a license that asks about previous convictions beyond traffic offenses. The fighter was sent notice this morning that his license had been revoked. The administrative action will be noted on a national database that tracks administrative and medical suspensions of fighters. If Saling is unsuccessful in appealing the revocation, he must wait a year before he is eligible to reapply for a license in Ohio. Other commissions are not required to honor his administrative suspension, though they often do. But Saling is hardly the only active fighter with a criminal record, so exactly where do the commissions draw the line? "If it's homicide or sexual predator, or if you're applying for a promoter's license and it's fraud, or theft in office, you probably aren't going to get licensed." Bottom line, his career could be finished, though lying about his record is probably a bigger issue than the record itself, even with the sex crime on there.  Not that I'm defending Saling, but to be fair, Mike Tyson did three years for rape and fought again only five months after his release, and his former manager Don King killed two people and has been sued multiple times, but that didn't stop either of their careers in the boxing world.  And that's just the first two off the top of my head.  Then again, the rules aren't always applied equally to boxing and MMA, so who knows how this will pan out in the end.  Two things we can be fairly certain of though: his one-year suspension will likely stand, and he won't fight for Zuffa again.

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This Friday night, March 9th, a new era in the history of The Ultimate Fighter begins, as the 15th season of the reality series premieres on FX with a new twist: all the fights are live. And even with this exciting change in format, one thing remains the same, the fact that the show will be the launching pad for some of the mixed martial arts world’s brightest stars and perhaps a few champions. So after 14 complete seasons, who are the 30 fighters who have emerged as the cream of the crop? Today, we start the countdown to find out.So how did we determine the fighters chosen here? First is level of success. Winning a UFC championship is the obvious pinnacle, and only three TUF competitors (Matt Serra, Forrest Griffin, and Rashad Evans) have reached those heights. Fighting for a UFC belt is big plus in a fighter’s favor as well. Next up is quality of opposition. Fighting at the highest level of the game and losing a few fights will get you more points here than winning a bunch of fights at the prelim level. And finally, we’re looking at impact on the organization, which is a subjective call, but one that is necessary. Headlining pay-per-views and being in the public eye consistently adds a level of pressure fighting in non-televised bouts just doesn’t have. That’s why a Michael Bisping, who has been the face of UK MMA and the headliner or participant in a featured bout on many major cards, is in the top five while other veteran performers are below him. With that said…30 - Kendall GrovePost TUF record: 9-7Heading towards journeyman status when he entered the TUF house for season three, Grove began taking his training and fighting career seriously under the tutelage of coach Tito Ortiz and ran the table en route to the season three middleweight title. What has followed since has been a mix of impressive wins over Alan Belcher, Evan Tanner, and Goran Reljic, crushing KO losses to Patrick Cote and Jorge Rivera, and a two fight losing streak that prompted his release in 2011. “Da Spyder” has since won two of three outside of the UFC, and if he can find consistency, maybe we’ll be seeing him back here sooner rather than later.  DEFINING FIGHT - W3 Evan TannerTUF TALK - “Before the show I never had anybody come up to me and shake my hand and tell me that I was one of their favorite fighters. But after the show, it started to happen and it was just a mind trip.”29 – Joe StevensonPost TUF record: 8-8Joe Stevenson, a pro since the age of 16, was about to walk away from the game when he got the call to compete on season two of The Ultimate Fighter. Stevenson went on to defeat Jason Von Flue and Marcus Davis on the show before winning that season’s welterweight title in a three round war with Luke Cummo. Following his stint on TUF, Stevenson was upset by Josh Neer, a defeat which prompted a drop to 155 pounds. At lightweight, ‘Joe Daddy’ found his home, winning four in a row before getting submitted by BJ Penn in a 2008 challenge for the vacant 155-pound crown. Stevenson has hit a rough patch after that, losing six of his last eight, including a decision loss to Javier Vazquez that got him his walking papers last year. But given his history, it would be foolish to count him out just yet.DEFINING FIGHT – Wsub1 Melvin GuillardTUF TALK – “I probably wouldn’t have continued if it weren’t for the show. The show is such a springboard for the fight game, and for the athlete himself, that it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. There are things in your life you just don’t say no to.”28 – Mike SwickPost TUF record: 9-3A rising star who had won five of six fights before appearing on season one of TUF, Mike Swick solidified his place as one of the game’s top prospects during the show, losing a tough bout to Stephan Bonnar, and then tore through his opposition in the middleweight division, winning four straight in the first round and then decisioning former title challenger David Loiseau. But after losing a three rounder to Yushin Okami, Swick resurfaced in the welterweight division. He looked to be settling in with decision wins over Josh Burkman and Marcus Davis, but it was in his next two bouts that he finally looked to be acclimated to 170 as he stopped Jonathan Goulet and Ben Saunders. In his last two bouts though, Swick has struggled in losses to Dan Hardy and Paulo Thiago, and after taking some time off to deal with an esophageal condition that has been plaguing him over the last few years and a knee injury, he hopes to return to action soon.DEFINING FIGHT – TKO2 Ben SaundersTUF TALK - “This is my job. I’m very passionate about it and I want to move up and be the best in the world. I’ve given up a huge portion of my life for this, and I didn’t do it for nothing. I’m taking it to the top, one way or another.”27 – Keith JardinePost TUF record: 8-9-1Some will look at the five knockout losses suffered by Jardine since he left season two of The Ultimate Fighter and dismiss him, despite the fact that those defeats came at the hands of Wanderlei Silva, Thiago Silva, Houston Alexander, Ryan Bader, and Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold. Yet we can’t forget that Jardine holds wins over a pretty impressive group that includes the names Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Wilson Gouveia, and Brandon Vera, and in 2009 he ate bombs from Quinton Jackson for 15 minutes before losing a hard-fought decision. So you can rightfully say that “The Dean of Mean” needs to find consistency, but you can’t question what he can do as a fighter. Just ask the men he’s beaten.DEFINING FIGHT – W3 Chuck Liddell TUF TALK - “Fighting is the apex of all competition, and there’s nothing harder than getting in the ring to fight. Actually, that makes it easier for everything else you do in life. Anything hard in life I might be doing, it’s just like, ‘this is nothing compared to fighting.’ I’ve conquered the demons from going into the ring and fighting, so everything else is easy after that.”26 - Krzysztof SoszynskiPost TUF record: 6-3If you said Krzysztof Soszynski’s career before The Ultimate Fighter 8 resembled that of a journeyman, he would probably agree with you. But that’s the life you lead when you’re learning on the job and running towards killer competition on a regular basis. What this education did for Soszynski was make him a dangerous fighter when it was time to step on the world stage, and since TUF, he has proven himself to be finally hitting his stride, as he’s won six of nine UFC bouts, with the only losses coming to Igor Pokrajac, Brandon Vera and Stephan Bonnar (in their rematch). And while he’s hinted at retirement, Soszynski probably still has a good amount of gas in his fighting tank.DEFINING FIGHT – TKO3 Stephan BonnarTUF TALK – “People look at my record and they think ‘oh, he’s just a mediocre fighter and got into the show through The Ultimate Fighter. But to me, I work my butt off every day in the gym, I give everything I have to this sport and even though I have nine losses on my record, most of them were early on in my career when I really didn’t know any better and didn’t train with anybody who was top level and who could teach me the right way. It’s been a learning experience for the last six years, I finally made it, and I’m gonna stick with it and keep training my butt off.”25 – Tony FergusonPost TUF record: 3-0Tony Ferguson didn’t play around on TUF 13, knocking out Justin Edwards, Ryan McGillivray, and Chuck O’Neil on the show before winning the season title with a first round KO of Ramsey Nijem. He hasn’t stopped yet in his post-TUF career either, TKOing veteran Aaron Riley, and winning an exciting three rounder over another vet, Yves Edwards. Now slated for a bout with Dennis Hallman in May, “El Cucuy”  (The Boogeyman) is certainly putting a scare into his fellow lightweights.DEFINING FIGHT – W3 Yves Edwards TUF TALK – “I wouldn’t give it up for the world. Even though I almost had a heart attack seeing myself on TV, I’m so happy that I had the opportunity to do that. At the time you’re in the house, it drives you nuts, but looking at it now, the whole experience was amazing and I miss the house.”24 – Nate QuarryPost TUF record: 7-3For a long time, Nate Quarry may very well have been the most underrated fighter in the middleweight division, and that went back to what could be referred to as the first phase of his UFC career in 2005. That year, Quarry went from TUF to the Octagon, won three fights in a row by knockout, and was then given a shot at Rich Franklin’s middleweight title, which he lost by devastating KO himself. Following the defeat, Quarry underwent a serious spinal fusion surgery and few expected him to return to form when he came back in 2007. But come back he did, winning four of six bouts, including classic wars with Pete Sell and Tim Credeur. It was an amazing comeback, earning Quarry – one of the game’s good guys – some well-deserved accolades. And though a TKO loss to Jorge Rivera in March of 2010 prompted him to announce his retirement from the sport, “Rock” certainly made an impression on all who met him and watched him fight.DEFINING FIGHT – KO3 Pete Sell TUF TALK – “To be honest with you, sitting down and watching the show could be very disturbing at times. Especially the episode where Chris Leben had the problems with (Josh) Koscheck and Bobby Southworth. After I watched that episode, I had a hard time sleeping. I was up for three, four hours after the show and I had a hard time sleeping for the next couple of days because it just seemed so personal and so emotional, and now all of a sudden someone has seen those personal sides of me. Millions of people that I don’t know are seeing parts of myself that I don’t show to just anybody – things that don’t come up in everyday life.”23 – Marcus DavisPost TUF record: 12-7One of the UFC’s most exciting fighters, pound for pound, during his nearly five year run, Marcus Davis made a successful transition from the pro boxing ring to the Octagon, but it wasn’t without some serious growing pains and soul searching. But once “The Irish Hand Grenade” realized that his fists alone would only take him so far in MMA, he began winning, and winning, and winning, even throwing in four submission wins in the UFC along the way. Owner of victories over the likes of Chris Lytle, Paul Kelly, and Paul Taylor, Davis hit a rough patch that saw him lose four of five, but Davis has won three of four since being cut from the UFC, proving that you can’t keep a good man down.DEFINING FIGHT – Wsub1 Paul Taylor TUF TALK - “In a lot of respects, I was a boxer who was trying to fight in mixed martial arts, somebody who was trying to pick up some of the tools and just use some of them in order to use my boxing game. And after being in the UFC and seeing that I can’t do that, I realized that if I wanted to be in the UFC and be a mixed martial arts fighter, that’s what I have to be. I can’t be a boxer who uses partial mixed martial arts techniques to box. So now I don’t look at myself as a boxer – I look at myself as a mixed martial artist22 – Ryan BaderPost TUF record: 7-2This may be a little overdramatic, but Ryan Bader was about to become a cautionary tale of ‘too much, too soon’ heading into his UFC 144 bout with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson last month. Sure, Bader was talented, but after using his raw skills to pound his way to a 5-0 Octagon record after winning season eight of TUF, back-to-back losses to Jon Jones and Tito Ortiz in 2011 could have crippled him psychologically. Not “Darth” Bader though, and when the pressure was at its highest, he delivered with a shutout win over the former light heavyweight boss that resurrected the Arizonan as a light heavyweight contender.DEFINING FIGHT – W3 Quinton “Rampage” Jackson TUF TALK – “2011 was an interesting year, but I’m glad it happened because I wouldn’t have changed some things if those losses didn’t happen. That was the catalyst for great things this year. I’m gonna go out there and beat a legend of the sport and I’m gonna be a new fighter. Each fight I’m gonna get progressively better and I want to get up there in the upper echelon of the 205-pound division and stay there.”21 – Melvin GuillardPost TUF record: 9-4Season two’s Melvin Guillard was always talented. The question was, could he keep his game together when dealing with a myriad of out of the ring issues and tragedies. Well, once he hooked up with the Greg Jackson team in Albuquerque, a new version of “The Young Assassin” emerged, and he was nearly unstoppable, going on a five fight winning streak before losing back-to-back bouts against Joe Lauzon and Jim Miller. Now training with the Blackzilians team in Florida (who he worked with part-time for the Lauzon bout and full-time for Miller), Guillard is amped up for a strong return to form in the ever-crowded lightweight division.DEFINING FIGHT – TKO1 Evan DunhamTUF TALK –“I’ve been through so many ups and downs in my career, and in my personal life, and one thing I always remember is that (UFC President) Dana (White) has always been good to me and he’s always been honest with me. And Dana sat me down one time a while back and he said ‘kid, you have all the talent in the world, and we like you. Don’t throw it away.’ And for my boss to come and tell me that they really care for me, that’s an honorable thing for me, and if my boss believes in me, why shouldn’t I believe in myself? I’m my own worst enemy. If I mess myself out of this, it’s because I did something. But I’m just so happy that I got to see what I was doing wrong.”20 – Brendan SchaubPost TUF record: 4-2A former fullback for the University of Colorado, Brendan Schaub clearly had the athleticism and the power to compete in the heavyweight division in MMA, but after he was knocked out in the TUF10 finale by Roy Nelson, there were question marks. There aren’t too many of them left anymore though, as Schaub dispatched Chase Gormley and Chris Tuchscherer in rapid-fire fashion before putting together back-to-back wins over veteran contenders Gabriel Gonzaga and Mirko Cro Cop, the latter win at UFC 128 earning him Knockout of the Night honors. A loss to the legendary “Minotauro” Nogueira last year was a setback, but a win over Ben Rothwell on April’s UFC 145 card will put the “Hybrid” train back on track.DEFINING FIGHT – KO3 Mirko Cro CopTUF TALK –“It’s kind of like the game’s changed. Now you’ve got to be athletic and you’ve got to have it all. You gotta be able to wrestle, you gotta be able to strike, so the game’s changing. You see guys like Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos, guys around my size who are really athletic heavyweights, making a name for themselves and doing well. I think the day of the big, experienced guy who just gets by on his toughness, that’s not gonna fly anymore.” 19 – Ross PearsonPost TUF record: 5-2DEFINING FIGHT – W3 Spencer FisherAlmost universally seen as one of the lightweight division’s top prospects, aggressive battler Ross Pearson had only two hiccups at 155 since winning season nine of TUF, a second round submission loss to Cole Miller, and a close split decision defeat against Edson Barboza. Otherwise, he looked outstanding in beating veteran competition like Aaron Riley, Dennis Siver, and Spencer Fisher, yet despite this, he decided a change of scenery was in order, and late last year he moved to featherweight, where he debuted at UFC 141 with a win over Junior Assuncao.TUF TALK –“Obviously I was very confident in me own skills and confident that I was going to go in there, do my best, and get to the finals, but no one ever really said to me, ‘oh, you’re the favorite to win’ or anything like that,” he said. “It was basically my own self-belief that I would do well.”18 – Matt Mitrione  Post TUF record: 5-1With no pro experience in mixed martial arts, former NFL lineman Matt Mitrione was expected to make some noise on season ten of TUF, and then go away. He had other plans though, defeating UFC vet Scott Junk on the show and then going on to compile a 5-1 record in the Octagon while amazing skeptics with the rapid growth in his technical game. Add in fight changing power and a healthy dose of athleticism, and suddenly the charismatic and popular Mitrione is a player in the heavyweight division.DEFINING FIGHT –KO2 Christian MorecraftTUF TALK – “Verbally, I said I was done competing (after football), but internally, I was never ready to be done, and I think I knew that I had to find something else to do. Sales wasn’t it. I started my own company and that was part of it, but it wasn’t the physical part, and that’s what I missed most. My wife saw that in me and she said, look, you’re gonna be doing something stupid anyway, you might as well get paid for it (Laughs).”17 – Chris LytlePost TUF record: 9-6If you told me that there’s someone out there who dislikes Chris Lytle, I’d say you’re lying. Even the guys who threw hands with “Lights Out” for three rounds couldn’t say anything bad about him, and it’s why you wanted to see him go out with a Lytle-esque performance in his final bout against Dan Hardy last August. And that’s just what he did, showing off his striking, toughness, and finally, his submission game, as he finished “The Outlaw” in the third round. It was everything Lytle represented in 14 minutes and 16 seconds, and a fitting end to a career well fought.DEFINING FIGHT – Wsub3 Dan Hardy TUF TALK – “I don’t know if the word is that I’m addicted to it, but I just love to compete, and there’s nothing I’ve ever found to equal the overall feeling you get after you’ve struggled so much and put so much into something and then come out on top and achieve something. Most of the goals you have in your life never become tangible at one point, but this does. You put everything into this one fight that you’re training for, and when you win it, it’s like everything you worked for in your whole life has been successful. It’s a great feeling. So I’m kind of addicted to that feeling.”16 – Chris LebenPost TUF record: 12-7Whether you loved him or hated him, Chris Leben always provoked strong feelings from MMA fans while being the poster boy for bad behavior on the first season of TUF. His post-TUF career has also matched his persona, thanks to an up and down journey that has always been compelling, regardless of the final result. And though Leben’s only .500 in his last eight, you can’t forget the 5-0 run that began his UFC career, and the back-to-back 2010 wins over Aaron Simpson and Yoshihiro Akiyama that came only two weeks apart, all moments that will forever keep “The Crippler” on fight fans’ minds.DEFINING FIGHT - Wsub3 Yoshihiro AkiyamaTUF TALK - “I’m one of those guys that always thought they were gonna be famous. I thought I was somebody important before I was somebody important, I guess. In my mind, people should have always been pointing to me and saying, ‘hey, there goes Chris Leben.’”Just missing the cut - Patrick Cote, Tim Credeur, Efrain Escudero, Court McGee, DaMarques Johnson, Kyle Kingsbury, Matt Riddle, CB Dollaway, Amir Sadollah, Mac Danzig, Matt Brown, Jorge Rivera

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Mike Dolce is in the wrong business. Do you know how much money this guy could make coaching corporate branches that are in weight loss competitions? Hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars. Instead of a few fighters a year he could be peeling the fat off of entire floors of cubicle bound fatsos. I guess it's apples and oranges though, the corporate weight loss competitors would want to keep the weight they just lost off, while Mr. Dolce is perfectly fine with his fighter clients regaining an almost superhuman amount of weight within just a few hours. Weight cut challenged Thiago Alves came in at 170.5 on the scale for his fight tonight against Martin Kampmann at UFC on FX2. The incredible and possibly Guinness World Records worthy part of this whole tale about how much a man weighs is this: According to Mike Dolce, Thiago regained nearly thirty pounds in three hours. There is even a picture of feet on a scale and everything to prove it. Is this really possible? Apparently it is possible. Now is it wrong that I don't care so much about the whole argument of fighters cutting insane amounts of weight thus giving themselves possible advantages and I'm more concerned with why the Guinness Book of World Records wasn't there to document this? Are there records for weight gains? A brief search yielded only this depressing result. Thanks to IFI for the gif. [Source]

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Earlier today, MMAjunkie.com reported that Wednesday's UFC on FUEL TV 1 event averaged 217,000 viewers, which set a UFC-FUEL TV record. Now, FUEL TV has released additional information, including additional record-setting figures. Chief among them? UFC on FUEL TV 1 peaked with a record 315,000 viewers during the night's main event between Jake Ellenberger and Diego Sanchez.

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Two of boxing’s surging talents took to the ring this past weekend and were in fine form, as Nonito Donaire and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. took care of business in San Antonio and departed from Texas with titles in tow. Donaire, who hasn’t lost in a decade, improved his record to 28-1 via Split Decision against apt adversary Wilfredo Vazquez to add a junior featherweight belt to his mantle after already winning championships at flyweight and bantamweight. “The Filipino Flash” improved his overall record to 28-1 with the performance, though appeared to have suffered some sort of injury to his hand during the bout and could be on the shelf for awhile depending on what doctor’s find. Meanwhile, the 25-year old son of boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez maintained his unbeaten record at 45-0-1-1 by defeating Marco Antonio Rubio, himself an impressive 53-6-1. Chavez Jr. slugged it out with Rubio throughout the duration of the bout with neither ever taking a knee. The judges’ nod went to Chavez Jr., giving him yet another successful defense of his WBC middleweight belt. Tweet

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Carlos Condit took the interim welterweight title at UFC 143 and took another distinction as well. He landed 68 leg kicks against Nick Diaz, setting the record for most leg kicks landed in a single fight. The previous record was 49, landed by Donald Cerrone in his fight against Vagner Rocha, which remains the record for a three-round fight. Through three rounds, Condit had only landed 42 leg kicks.

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It appears a 1-1 record in his stint since returning to the UFC was not enough to keep submission-savvy featherweight Junior Assuncao on the organization’s roster, as the 30-year old went on Twitter earlier today to reveal he’d been released as a result of his decision loss at UFC 141 to Ultimate Fighter winner Ross Pearson. Assuncao outpointed Eddie Yagin in his previous bout and had won six straight outside of the Octagon prior to that performance. “I just got cut from the UFC!! Wow…apparently they did not like my last fight,” wrote a shocked and apologetic Assuncao on Twitter. “Thanks (UFC) for the opportunity. To my fans, I’ll be back. Thanks for the support!” However, his response to the news didn’t stop there as his newfound free agency began to sink in. “The boss himself told me the fight was good, got a performance (bonus), was in a good win streak before that last fight…I don’t understand,” Assuncao posted. “Can someone help me understand? Gotta suck it up and improve.” For the record, no bonus was announced for Assuncao after the fight though the UFC is also known for handing out money backstage that isn’t necessarily disclosed to the public. Assuncao holds an overall record of 13-5 and had previously gone 1-2 in the UFC as a lightweight before dipping down to 145 pounds in his most recent run. Nine of his wins have involved some form of stoppage including those over David Lee and Dustin Hazelett. PHOTO CREDIT – UFC

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With the women's bantamweight title fight this March, Miesha Tate will either cement her place at the top of the division, or the increasingly popular Ronda Rousey, moving down from featherweight, will make a big splash at 135. Perhaps just as important as the identity of the champion, however, is the line of challengers she has to contend with. Let's take a look at the field... The Top Four As a former champion with a record of 14-1-0 and a relatively lengthy Strikeforce career, Sarah Kaufman is a burgeoning contender. Unfortunately, much of the story surrounding Kaufman recently has had to do with her bitterness over being denied a title shot in favor of Rousey. Really, though, Kaufman's remarkable grittiness, steely demeanor, and ten victories by (T)KO ought to be what defines her the most. Alexis Davis, who's racked up two wins in Strikeforce and improved her record to 11-4-0, will get a chance to not only announce herself as a force in the division, but avenge her first career loss as well when she faces off against Kaufman this March. Though she stumbled in her sophomore Strikeforce effort, Amanda Nunes should nevertheless be considered a potential title contender. With a record of 6-2-0, all victories by (T)KO, and a win over Brazilian Ediane Gomes (whose only other loss is to Rousey), Nunes ought to be prominent feature of the division. Liz Carmouche's 2-2-0 run in Strikeforce might not turn any heads, but a closer look at her record makes it clear that she isn't to be dismissed. Her two losses have come to former champ Kaufman and then-champion Marloes Coenen and, what's more, Carmouche was presented with a shot at Coenen's belt on short notice. That Carmouche had that fight in hand until her fourth-round submission loss is further to her credit. The Best of the Rest Though neither have made a huge impact in Strikeforce, Julie Kedzie and Hitomi Akano are both fair assets given their lengthy in-cage experience (16-9-0 and 18-8-0, respectively). By contrast, Kerry Vera, though undefeated and with one win in Strikeforce, hasn't fought for that or any MMA promotion since 2009. Germaine de Randamie, meanwhile, with a slim record of 2-2-0, is an as-yet unproven commodity. Beyond these four, there isn't anyone to speak of. And so... In general, the 135-pound division has some fair depth to it, which makes the skeleton crew currently running the Strikeforce bantamweight class a little strange. If it wants to keep the division dynamic and relevant, as I think it should, Strikeforce must consider injecting some new, or returning, talent into the roster. Sara McCann, who's scheduled to face Akano in ProElite later this month, would be an excellent addition. An upcoming fight in CFX between Shayna Baszler and Kelly Kobold should likewise be of interest

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With the news that Cristiane Santos had tested positive for steroids, many assumed that Strikeforce would simply scrap the entire women's 145-pound division. Scott Coker, however, has since recommitted himself to the class, insisting that there's still potential amongst the featherweights. Let's take a look for ourselves... The Top Four Former Strikeforce women's featherweight champion and all around terror, Cristiane Santos needs no introduction. She will however, need to serve a year-long suspension before she can figure into Strikeforce's plans. Ronda Rousey has been noted by many as the next big star in women's MMA. With a big smile, charismatic persona, and an MMA career consisting of four first-round armbar finishes, it's easy to see why. That all of Rousey's victories in Strikeforce have come as a 145 pounds further suggests that she might have a future in this division. However, an upcoming title fight against Miesha Tate suggests a commitment to bantamweight. Despite being blown out of the water in her title bid against Santos, Hiroko Yamanaka is still has one of the best records of anyone in the division at 12-1-0. She should figure heavily into Strikeforce's plans if they want to keep developing the featherweights. Julia Budd has only managed a 2-2-0 record in her career, but that all of those fights have been contested in Strikeforce should put that fact in a slightly better light. That she debuted in the promotion with a victory over then-undefeated Shana Nelson is greatly to her credit. After the jump, the best of the rest and some concluding thoughts... Best of the Rest Strikeforce's website suggests that it has other featherweights on its roster, but that simply isn't true. Two of them, Gina Carano and Shana Nelson, aren't actively competing with the organization, while the likes of Germaine de Randamie and Amanda Nunes have actually contended most of their careers at bantamweight. As such, the organization will definitely start wanting to ring up some new talent... Kelly Kobold spent the first five and a half years of her career compiling an eye-opening record of 17-0-1, with fourteen of those victories coming by way of submission or (T)KO. A three-fight skid, culminating in a loss to Gina Carano, saw Kobold take her leave of the sport until last spring, when she returned with a submission victory over Pipi Taylor, who was then undefeated at 5-0-0. Once considered a strong challenger for Santos' belt, Erin Toughill would still make a good addition to Strikeforce, but the organization may also want to consider Ashley Sanchez, who took an upset win over Toughill last April. Sau Paulo, Brazil's Ediane Gomes would also make a strong addition to Strikeforce, with six of her eight victories coming by way of submission (and five of those by armbar). And so... Julia Budd is an exciting, game fighter, but you know you're in trouble when someone with a 2-2-0 record is figuring into the top five of your division You're in even bigger trouble when that "top five" was scaled back to "top four." I'm simply not convinced that WMMA has grown enough in the last few years to sustain this weight class. And while there are a few other additions I could have made to this list, such as Elaina Maxwell and the undefeated Rin Nakai, they don't compete at featherweight proper, and are more likely to drop a few pounds to make a home at 135. Given the above list Strikeforce could put on a decent four-woman tournament to determine a number-one contender for Santos' return, but then what? There may well be a future for featherweights, but it's not an immediate future. Strikeforce, if it wants to grow, would be better served by focusing on its bantamweight class and adding flyweights to the mix, both of which are far more replete with fighting talent.

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After five long years of waiting and pleading, Duane Ludwig has finally received what he felt was his: Recognition as the true record holder of the fastest knockout in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) history. On Jan., 16, 2006, at UFC Fight Night 3, "Bang" knocked out Jonathan Goulet 11 seconds into the first round of their welterweight fight. However, it appeared to have been stopped much sooner, with the time keeper seeming to have had a lapse in concentration and not stopping the clock until a few seconds after, prompting the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) to record the official time at 11 seconds. Not much attention was paid to the official time until former UFC heavyweight contender Todd Duffee knocked out Tim Hague at UFC 102 back on Aug., 29, 2009, in a record-breaking seven seconds of the very first round. A year and a half later on Dec. 10., 2011, at UFC 140, Chan Sung Jung equaled Duffee's efforts as he knocked out stand-up specialist Mark Hominick in seven seconds, too. After some lobbying from MMAFightings.com's Ariel Helwani during an interview at UFC 140, UFC President Dana White said, "I'm on it." A man of his word, White did a little time keeping of his own in one of his UFC 141 video blogs and concluded that Ludwig was indeed the rightful owner of the UFC's fastest knock out, which he timed at 6.26 seconds, enough to best both "The Korean Zombie" and Duffee. Needles to say, Ludwig was thrilled at the news: "It was very cool. Definitely a little bit unexpected. It's been about five years. It's definitely cool to have it credited to me finally. That's more than enough because Dana White and the UFC and the fans, they're all my brothers and my family. That means more to me than a government employee in a suit. I'm definitely happy with the UFC stepping in and Dana White being a man of his word. It separates me from everybody past, present and possibly future on the planet Earth. It's definitely cool to stand out from every other human being. It's definitely cool to be known for that because that's some ninja stuff there. Also, the way that it went down, the technical precision, the setup and stepping off to the side -- it wasn't just like I closed my eyes and got a lucky punch. There was some thought process into that." Though the NSAC won't alter the record books in favor of Ludwig, "Bang" says that as long as Dana White and the UFC brass acknowledge it, that's all that matters to him. Now the official owner of the record, Ludwig will now set his sights on keeping his win streak alive as he takes on Josh Neer at UFC on FX 1 on Jan., 20, 2012, who is currently riding a five-fight win streak. UFC on FX 1 will take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., and will be headlined by an exciting lightweight match up between Melvin Guillard and Jim Miller. What say you Maniacs, will Ludwig's record ever be broken? Is it truly his until its recognized by the NSAC?

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Two talented lightweight grapplers will meet in Montreal on March 24, as the UFC has announced lightweights Mark Bocek and Matt Wiman are scheduled to scrap at UFC 145 where each man will be looking to pick up a second consecutive win. Both 155ers can lay claim to a number of entertaining affairs in the past as well as to victories over a handful of highly respected opponents. Bocek, who should clearly be a crowd favorite based on his Canadian heritage, was last seen at UFC 140 where he improved his record to 10-4 by outpointing Nik Lentz. Other wins on the BJJ blackbelt’s record include those over Alvin Robinson and Dustin Hazelett, while his losses have all come to top flight foes like Jim Miller, Ben Henderson, and Frankie Edgar. A Closer Look at Bocek’s Win Over Lentz Comparably, the 14-6 Wiman has been silently building up a reputation for himself as one of the toughest draws in the division with a 4-1 record in his last five plus success against Cole Miller and Mac Danzig. UFC 145 does not have a headlining bout yet but is set to feature match-ups including Che Mills vs. Rory MacDonald and Ben Rothwell vs. Brendan Schaub. PHOTO CREDIT – UFC Tweet

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Numerous sources today confirmed that a heavyweight fight between Bob Sapp and Rolles Gracie (pictured above) has been added to the card for ONE FC 2 which is taking place in Jakarta on February 11th. Gracie has a 5-1 professional record with his sole loss coming on a disappointing UFC debut when his cardio looked extremely questionable. Hopefully he has learned from that experience because he still has the potential to be one of the top heavyweights in the world and will be a strong favourite against K-1, Pride and Dream veteran Bob Sapp who weighed an incredible 350 lbs for his last fight. Sapp's record stands at 11-9 but his career appears to be in decline after suffering three straight losses. He does posses one punch knock out power and could be a real threat to Gracie, whose standup is not his strong point. Having 'The Beast' on the card should also help shift plenty of tickets as he is very popular in Asia having spent much of his career fighting in Japan. Another fight confirmed today was Rustam Khabilov vs Rodrigo Ribeiro. The Russian has been doing most of his fighting for M-1 and has a very respectable 12-1 record with his sole loss coming by way of a split decision. He will be up a Brazilian who doesn't have such a strong record at 9-7 but is a third degree BJJ black belt and promises to be a formidable opponent for the Combat Sambo world champion. At only 25 years old Khabilov has plenty of potential and appears to be capable of fighting at either 170 or 185 lbs. He scored a spectacular suplex knockout back in 2009 which you can see below and should a solid addition to the ONE FC roster regardless of what weight he chooses to compete at. M-1 Challenge 2009 - Rustam Khabilov vs. Akin Duran - Brutal suplex knockout (via cpkarhu) Soo Chul Kim impressed a few people in going the full three rounds with BJJ world champion Leandro Issa on his ONE FC debut. He was able to fend off repeated submission attempts but couldn't do quite enough to defeat the much more experienced Brazilian. The good news for Kim, who is still only 20, is that he getting another shot. The bad news is that he is once again up against a highly accomplished grappler in second degree BJJ black belt Gustavo Falciroli. Although born in Brazil he is an adoptive Australian who is the reigning bantamweight belt holder for Cage Fighting Championships, the most established MMA promotion in the Australasian continent. Falciroli is 11-3-2 with all his losses coming by way of decision, he is a Shooto veteran who has never been stopped. Kim will once again be the underdog but according to his camp he is constantly improving and believes that he is good enough to take on much more experienced opposition. Interestingly enough the only other loss of Kim's career came at the hands of Andrew Leone who choked him out in less than 30 seconds. Leone is a very exciting prospect who has a contract with ONE FC and will be dropping down to the flyweight division where he will be a real force to be reckoned with. It is not known when he will be making his ONE FC debut but another fight rumoured (by MMA Orient) for the Jakarta card is Alex Silva vs Geje Eustaquio. If this bout does go ahead it will be intriguing because it pits two of the powerhouses of the region, Evolve MMA and Team Lakay Wushu, together for the very first time. Silva is a BJJ world champion who only made a successful pro MMA debut at DARE Championships last September. Eustaquio is a Wushu fighter whose record stands at 2-1 with his only loss coming by way of split decision and both will want to represent their camps with a win on a fight which, assuming it takes place at all, will probably be on the undercard. Ole Laursen is set to feature as well as a two or three local Indonesian fighters and the best place to check for fight announcements seems to be the Facebook page of MMA in Asia.

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Filed under: UFC, MMA Fighting ExclusiveHeaded into Friday night's UFC 141 main event, the question of just how good Alistair Overeem is remains one of MMA's heated topics. His supporters point out that he's won titles in Strikeforce, DREAM and K-1. His detractors suggest he's done most of that while facing non-elite competition. In some ways, both sides have valid points. Perhaps his performance against Brock Lesnar will provide answers about his place among the heavyweight elite, but until then, it's worth a look at his recent history. Overeem shifted divisions to heavyweight for good in 2007, and since then has lost only once. On the strength of an 11-fight unbeaten stretch, most heavyweight rankings have him listed between Nos. 2-4. What's obvious about that stretch is that he's been fairly dominant. Seven of his last 10 fights have lasted less than two minutes. But less obvious is that he has seemed to benefit from great timing. His bout with Lesnar will mark the seventh time his last 11 fights he'll be facing an opponent coming off a loss, an unusually high number for someone competing at a championship level. In Lesnar's case, he's not just looking to rebound from a defeat, but from an illness and surgery that cost him more than a year of his athletic career. It's not the first time Overeem has faced down an opponent walking in with little momentum. In fact, of his last 11 opponents including Lesnar, the only one who could boast of any real momentum heading into their bout was Fabricio Werdum, who had won four of his last five and had just become the first man to defeat Fedor Emelianenko in nearly a decade. That victory propelled Werdum to the No. 3 spot on the FightMatrix.com rankings at the time, the highest ranking opponent Overeem has faced during his current stretch until Lesnar. During his last 10 fights, Overeem has faced three fighters who were ranked in the top 10 at the time, as ranked by FightMatrix's computer formula. Aside from beating Werdum in a somewhat lackluster decision, he steamrolled No. 8 Brett Rogers in May 2010 and fought to a no contest with No. 8 Mirko Filipovic in September 2008. The rest of the 10 bouts were mostly a mix of mediocrity, veterans on the way out, and unestablished prospects. Five of the 10 fighters Overeem's faced during his streak are no longer active in MMA. Three opponents -- James Thompson, Gary Goodridge and Lee Tae-Hyun -- did not even crack the top 150 at the time they fought Overeem. Thompson walked into his bout with four straight losses, Goodridge -- then 42 years old -- had lost three in a row, and Tae-Hyun, who was only in his third pro fight, lost in 36 seconds and never fought again. Tony Sylvester was ranked No. 131 when Overeem fought him. Not surprisingly, he lasted all of 83 seconds. Kaz Fujita was 39 years old and No. 102. Overeem finished him off even quicker, in 75 seconds. Mark Hunt was a fairly credible opponent. He came in 5-3 but was unranked because he hadn't fought MMA in over 18 months. Still, he tapped to a keylock in 71 seconds. Lesnar currently sits at No. 3 on the FightMatrix rankings, one spot ahead of Overeem (by comparison, MMA Fighting rankings have the two flip-flopped). Whichever you accept, it still marks his second straight time battling a top five foe. At the time of publication, Overeem was considered a slight favorite in the matchup. Even with a win over Lesnar, Overeem likely won't silence all the questions observers have raised about him. His recent record is too dotted with non-elite opponents, and some will wonder if Lesnar truly competed at full strength. Despite the skeptics who dismiss his resume because of that, there is no question Overeem has dominated the opposition he's faced and has shown elite ability in several dimensions. With most of MMA's top heavyweights under the UFC banner -- or soon to be there, given the recent Strikeforce announcement that they're discontinuing the division and sending their talent to the octagon -- Overeem has a chance to erase every last criticism of his in-cage ability. Here's a closer look at his last 10 bouts and the competition he's faced to vault up the rankings. Opponent: Fabricio Werdum Previous five fights: 4-1 Prior fight: Win Notable: First bout since beating Fedor Emelianenko FightMatrix.com ranking at time of fight: No. 3 Overeem's ranking at time of fight: No. 8 Age at time of fight: 33 Result: Decision win Current career record: 14-5-1 Opponent: Todd Duffee Previous five: 4-1 Prior fight: Loss Notable: Accepted fight on 2 week's notice FightMatrix ranking: No. 58 Overeem's ranking: No. 8 Age: 25 Result: 19-second KO Current career record: 6-2 Opponent: Brett Rogers Previous five: 4-1 Prior fight: Loss Notable: First fight since being KO'd by Fedor FightMatrix ranking: No. 8 Overeem's ranking: No. 12 Age: 29 Result: TKO, 3:40 of Rd. 1 Current career record: 11-4 Opponent: Kaz Fujita Previous five: 2-3 Prior fight: Loss Notable: Two straight defeats FightMatrix ranking: No. 102 Overeem's ranking: No. 12 Age: 39 Result: 75-second KO Current career record: 15-9 (retired) Opponent: James Thompson Previous five: 1-4 Prior fight: Loss Notable: Four straight losses FightMatrix ranking: Unranked Overeem's ranking: No. 13 Age: 31 Result: 33-second submission Current career record: 16-14, 1 no contest Opponent: Tony Sylvester Previous five: 4-1 Prior fight: Win Notable: Sylvester's only career fight vs. a top 20 opponent FightMatrix ranking: No. 131 Overeem's ranking: No. 13 Age: 31 Result: 83-second submission Current career record: 11-3 (retired) Opponent: Gary Goodridge Previous five: 2-3 Prior fight: Loss Notable: Three straight losses FightMatrix ranking: Unranked Overeem's ranking: No. 12 Age: 42 Result: Submission, 1:42 of Rd. 1 Current career record: 23-22-1 (retired) Opponent: Mirko Cro Cop Previous five: 3-2 Prior fight: Win Notable: Cro Cop had lost two of his last three prior FightMatrix ranking: No. 8 Overeem's ranking: No. 11 Age: 34 Result: No contest Current career record: 27-10-2, 1 no contest (retired) Opponent: Mark Hunt Previous five: 3-2 Prior fight: Loss Notable: Overeem took the fight on short notice FightMatrix ranking: Unranked Overeem's ranking: No. 13 Age: 34 Result: 71-second submission Current career record: 7-7 Opponent: Lee Tae-Hyun Previous five: N/A (third pro fight) Prior fight: Win Notable: Only 1-1 before Overeem fight FightMatrix ranking: Unranked Overeem's ranking: No. 13 Age: 33 Result: 36-second KO Current career record: 1-2 (retired) TOTALS Opponents in previous five: 28-19 (.596 win percentage) Average age: 33.1 Combined career record: 131-78-4 (.630 win percentage) Top 10 opponents Overeem faced: 3 Unranked opponents Overeem faced: 4 Average Time of Fight: 3:03 Overeem's record: 9-0, 1 NC  Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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UFC President Dana White promised to step up his video blogs in honor of this week’s year-ending event (UFC 141) and has lived up to his word after releasing his second entry today with a third expected in the next few days. With his first vlog featuring incredible backstage footage from UFC 140, this time around White decided to take a definitive look at the UFC’s disputed knockout record. Though the company has said Duane Ludwig holds the mark, the NSAC credits Todd Duffee with the official honor. White and his production head analyze both results, as well as Chan Sung Jung’s strike-based stoppage of Mark Hominick, to provide proof of whose finish truly came fastest. White Comes Forward to Dispute NSAC’s Account of Fastest Knockout Record Watch below and find out for yourself: Tweet

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Filed under: UFCDuane Ludwig was at the post office when he found out that he was now a UFC record-holder. "It was kind of funny, the timing of it," he said. The UFC lightweight was right in the middle of mailing off one of his signature 'Bang' jerseys as a Christmas gift for UFC matchmaker Joe Silva, when he got word that the UFC was officially recognizing his 2006 knockout of Jonathan Goulet as the fastest in the organization's history. "We all know Joe's kind of shorter in stature, but I was so excited about what was going on that I almost sent him a double extra-large jersey," Ludwig said. "It just showed my mind wasn't on the task at hand." For Ludwig, it meant a successful end to a campaign to get his eleven-second win over Goulet officially changed to a four-second stoppage, which would make his knockout the fastest in UFC history -- faster than heavyweight Todd Duffee's seven-second KO of Tim Hague in 2009 or Chan Sung Jung's seven-second finish of Mark Hominick earlier this month. But then, a lot depends on how you define the term 'officially,' and who you look to to make that distinction. It's a discussion we probably wouldn't be having right now if not for one suspect time-keeper's call in January of 2006. At a UFC Fight Night event at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Ludwig fired off a single right hand that sent Goulet crashing head-first to the mat almost as soon as the fight began. When referee Mario Yamasaki rushed in to stop it, the clock showed four minutes and 56 seconds left in the first round. But somehow, when it was entered into the official record, Ludwig's win went down as an eleven-second finish rather than a four-second one. To Ludwig, the difference seemed insignificant at first. He might not have even known about the discrepancy had UFC color commentator Joe Rogan not alerted him to it, he said. "Joe Rogan actually MySpaced me -- this was back when we were all using MySpace -- and he told me, hey, you got screwed on the timing. I didn't really care at the time. I said, you know, thanks and I appreciate it, but I didn't really understand marketing back then." It wasn't until three years later, when Duffee made headlines with a seven-second knockout that was immediately declared the fastest in UFC history, that Ludwig began to realize that there was real value in the distinction. "When Todd Duffee got all that recognition for getting the fastest knockout record in seven seconds, I thought, well, that's actually mine, and in four seconds," said Ludwig. "Back when it actually happened, I didn't care about the publicity or anything, but now that I'm getting older and, I guess, wiser, I understand marketing a little bit and I know that can help me and help me help others." Ludwig began to push for the timing of his win to be officially changed -- a goal he said was supported by UFC president Dana White. When MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani asked White about it in an interview after UFC 140 in Toronto, Ludwig said, that's when things started to snowball. "Ariel Helwani, he helped a lot because he was the first guy to publicly put Dana White on the spot about it. It wouldn't have happened any other way, so that was really cool of him." On December 24, White sent out a tweet to Ludwig telling the fighter "for x mas you have the fastest KO in UFC history and it will be changed ASAP." The news made Ludwig "happy as a clam," he said. But the question is, which records will reflect the change? The UFC has no control over the official time, which is kept in this case by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. That governing body has thus far shown very little eagerness to admit a nearly six-year-old mistake and make the requisite changes. The NSAC offices were closed due to the holidays on Monday, and requests for comment on the matter went unreturned, but UFC officials indicated that the change could be entirely internal, with the UFC altering the records on its website and recognizing Ludwig as the holder of the organization's fastest knockout regardless of whether the NSAC is willing to do the same. And according to Ludwig, that would be just fine with him. "A lot of people still don't even know that the UFC has these athletic commissions, that they're governed by a third party," he said. "And of course, we know that the commissions sometimes make questionable calls, so I think the more credible source is the UFC anyway. I'm a hundred percent fine with the UFC being the one to make it official. I'd prefer that, actually." The way Ludwig sees it, it's not so much about re-writing history as it is about getting the recognition he feels he's already earned. As long as the UFC and MMA fans acknowledge what he did and allow him to honestly lay claim to the record, he said, he's unconcerned with what the athletic commission decides to do. "Every athlete is always looking for a way to separate himself from the pack. This is a record that will probably never be [broken]. It never happened before, and it'll probably never happen again. It's definitely a cool thing to have next to your name," he said, adding, "It's also a good story to tell the kids. When I'm old and telling that story I can joke with them and go, you better go to bed because I can knock you out in four seconds." Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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Photo by Chris Garcia Name: Chris Holdsworth Nickname: -- Age: 24 Height: 5'11" Location: Las Vegas, Nevada One would be hard pressed to find a résumé as extensive and impressive as Cobra Kai's Chris Holdsworth (3-0). The 24-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, who is also an instructor at Marc Laimon's school in Las Vegas, Nevada, has decimated any and all challengers to his undefeated record. After capping off a 6-0 amateur record by defeating touted featherweight prospect Anthony Gutierrez (4-0) in only two minutes and thirty-two seconds last August, Holdsworth turned pro, winning all three of his bouts with a total cage time of only four minutes and forty-eight seconds. Holdsworth's nine-fight run can be attributed to his excellent grappling chops and aggressive, in-your-face style of fighting. He's also physically superior to most of his competition as he sports a 5'11" frame, the largest on our countdown. Fearlessness is also a key reason to his quick success. Holdsworth doesn't patiently wait for openings. He's an aggressive fighter who uses his reach and striking ability to distract his opponents before barreling into their midsections for takedowns. Once on the ground, Holdsworth is efficient, transitioning effortlessly to side control and mount, normally looking for the armbar or catching the back as his opponent rolls to avoid his grasp. As a pro, his strength of record isn't high, but holding an amateur win over Guitierrez provides a glimpse into what Holdsworth could accomplish moving forward. He's clearly a gifted talent, but he'll need to fight stiffer competition to prove it to more prominent promotions like the UFC or Bellator. With tougher competition comes the possibility of defeat, and in Holdsworth's case -- the chance that his fearless attack is humbled. Former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres knows what that feels like, and his case proves that defeat can have a profound effect on how a fighter performs. It remains to be seen how Holdsworth will react to such a trial. In the meantime, Holdsworth is doing everything he can to maintain his unblemished record. He's moved to Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, California to continue his progression as a fighter. A great move, not only for his development, but for his career. If he can supplement his grappling skills with a technically sound Muay Thai or kickboxing base, Holdsworth could have all the tools to become an upper-echelon fighter within the span of a couple of years. Video footage of Chris Holdsworth after the jump... FlyweightBantamweightFeatherweightLightweight #1 - #2 - #3 -#4 -#5 - #6 - #7 - #8 - #9 - #10 - #1 - #2 - #3 - Chris Holdsworth#4 - Josh Hill#5 - Fabiano Fernandes#6 - Claudio Ledesma#7 - Sirwan Kakai#8 - Kyoji Horiguchi#9 - Leandro Hygo#10 - Pedro Munhoz #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - #5 - #6 - #7 - #8 - #9 - #10 - #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - #5 - #6 - #7 - #8 - #9 - #10 - WelterweightMiddleweightLight HeavyweightHeavyweight #1 - #2 - #3 -#4 -#5 - #6 - #7 - #8 - #9 - #10 - #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - #5 - #6 - #7 - #8 - #9 - #10 - #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - #5 - #6 - #7 - #8 - #9 - #10 - #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - #5 - #6 - #7 - #8 - #9 - #10 - Chris Holdsworth vs. Gabe GonzalesChris Holdsworth Highlight Chris Holdsworth vs. Gor MnatsakanyanAmateur - TUF-n-NUFF - February 26, 2010 Chris Holdsworth vs Gustavo LimonGladiator Challenge: Legends Collide 2 - February 20, 2011

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Mark Hominick was knocked out by The Korean Zombie in seven seconds, tying the record for fastest knockout in UFC history Saturday night.

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UFC 138 set new records at the Birmingham, England venue which hosted it.According to UFC president Dana White, the £1.5 million gate revenue was...

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Filed under: UFCRenan Barao faced tougher competition than ever before on Saturday at UFC 138, but his winning streak remains. Barao, the Brazilian who lost his first professional MMA fight and hasn't lost since, beat Brad Pickett to improve his record to 27-1, with one no contest. The fight lasted just 4 minutes, 9 seconds, and it was exciting throughout. They both came out swinging, with Barao appearing to land the harder shots in the early going but Pickett also giving Barao all he could handle, and the opening minutes were a lot of fun as the fans in Birmingham, England, got behind the British Pickett. More Coverage: UFC 138 Results | Renan Barao vs. Brad Pickett Live Blog But Barao took control of the fight when he hit Pickett's face with a brutal knee, then knocked him down with a combination of punches and then at the first opportunity took Pickett's back. Barao sunk in a body triangle and had control of Pickett, and when Barao secured a rear-naked choke, all Pickett could do was tap. "When I hit him with the knee, I knew I could land the combinations, and I jumped on his back to finish with the submission," Barao said afterward. Pickett, whose record falls to 20-6, is a fine fighter and one of the world's best bantamweights. But he's not as good as Barao -- Barao is one of the world's truly elite, and he may be a future bantamweight champion. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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Nick Diaz set a new record at UFC 137.According to FightMetric, the official statistics gathering site of the UFC, Diaz now holds the record for ‘Most...

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Two consecutive events have seen the all-time record change hands for most significant strikes landed in a UFC fight. While Nam Phan captured it at UFC 136, Nick Diaz now holds the record, with 178 landed against BJ Penn. Incidentally, Penn now holds the record for most significant strikes landed in a UFC career, capturing that distinction from Chris Lytle.

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Former Pride FC standout Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic confesses to feeling “ashamed” of his 4-5 record as a UFC heavyweight.Shortly...

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Nam Phan has set a new record for ‘Most Significant Strikes Landed in a UFC Fight’.According to statistics website FightMetric, Phan is the...

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Nam Phan got his revenge against Leonard Garcia at UFC 136 and did so in record-breaking fashion. Phan landed 174 significant strikes against Garcia, breaking the single fight record, previously held by Chris Lytle against Matt Serra at UFC 119. Phan and Garcia combined for 274 significant strikes landed, which is just four shy of the combined single-fight record held by...you guessed it...Lytle and Serra.

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Joseph Duffy (10-0) might appear to be undefeated at first glance, but don't let the record fool you.

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On Saturday night (Sept. 23, 2011), light heavyweight up-and-comer Lorenz Larkin will square off against Nick Rossborough in the main event for Strikeforce Challengers 19 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.  Larkin is one of the Strikeforce promotion's most highly touted prospects and has been on quite a tear. With a perfect mixed martial arts (MMA) record of 11-0, Larkin comes into his upcoming bout untarnished to this point in his career. Nobody's perfect, but Larkin would like to stay that way as long as he possibly he can. "The Monsoon" sat down with Pro MMA Radio's Larry Pepe to talk about his perfect record, his fight on Saturday night and to discuss just how he got that nickname of his. "You know what? I gave myself that nickname. When I was an amateur, believe it or not, my nickname was 'The Chihuahua.' When I kept fighting, I said, 'You know, if I go a little bit further in this sport, I think I might have to come up with a better nickname than that.' I started thinking about it, and, my older brother, his name is Monsoon. I started thinking about it and I said, "You know, that (monsoon) means: ‘a storm,' so it kinda goes with the fighting style. That's why I went with 'The Monsoon.'" Fans who have had the pleasure to see Larkin fight are aware of just how apt the nickname is. Eight of his eleven wins have come by some form of knockout. His in-your-face style usually ends with opponents on their back and fans asking for more. It's who he is. A leopard can't change his spots.  "I'm fortunate to be blessed that my style in of itself is exciting, so I don't really have to live up to the hype, you know what I mean? My style is already exciting. I think it's harder when people don't fight exciting and try to. I think that kinda throws off their whole game. It's almost like they're trying to hard." Larkin talked about his perfect record and the pressure that comes along with that.  "I sat down and really thought about it, to myself, and it's not a burden to me because I'm not scared to lose. It might come one day and I'm not scared to lose, at all. They're gonna have to really hurt me and they're gonna really have to earn that win. It's not just gonna be a fluke. That's just how I go about it. If a guy's better than me and gets the win off me, I'll applaud him a hundred percent." Originally, Larkin was supposed to fight fellow top prospect Virgil Zwicker. Unfortunately, Zwicker suffered a late training camp injury and was forced off the card, leaving Larkin with very little time to prepare for his new opponent, Rossborough. Larkin talked about the challenge of the last minute switch. "We've been looking at his (Rossboro's) tape, but at the end of the day, I don't think anybody can be a hundred percent focused and prepared for a guy in a week. That's what it probably boils down to. I'm just gonna fight my fight." At some point, the perfect record is bound to be tarnished. Nobody can avoid the loss column forever. Larkin is aware that it is am imminent reality at some point, but he doesn't believe this weekend will be when it goes down. "He won't beat me. Not unless he's willing to go to Hell and smack the Devil and ultimately get out (of Hell) and make it home safe." Be sure to tune in to Showtime at 11p.m. ET to watch Larkin and the rest of the fighters on the Challengers 19 card. For updates on the Challengers series and all things Strikeforce related, keep your computers and internet ready devices locked on MMAmania.com! 

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 In the January 2005 The Ultimate Fighter season one debuted with a cast of 16 fighters aspiring for contracts and two star UFC fighters coaching their respective teams. On the surface the Ultimate Fighter reality show served a dual purpose for the UFC, first to scout and showcase potential talent for the organization's live events and two act as an eight week promotional tool for the coaches scheduled fight at the end of the season. Over time the UFC has generally hit the mark with drawing accelerated interest to their coaches fight through the Ultimate Fighter. After 13 seasons of the Ultimate Fighter the talent cast for the tournaments has seen more misses than hits. Afforded an eight week opportunity to promote the fighters they cast to their hardcore audience the UFC has often failed to produce any homegrown talent. A brief overview of the UFC records of the finalists for each of the past 13 seasons of the Ultimate Fighter reveals that the reality show has created its fair share of stars but also a large amounts of busts. The fighters below are only the finalists and it should be noted that fighters who did not make it to the finals such as Gray Maynard, Josh Koscheck and Chris Leben should all be filed under TUF success stories.  ---- Overall record of The Ultimate Fighter finalists in the UFC: 158-119-1Overall winning percentage of The Ultimate Fighter finalists in the UFC: .568Least successful pair of finalists: Season 8 lightweights Phillipe Nover and Efrain Escudero hold a .375 winning percentage Most successful pair of finalists: Season 1 middleweights Kenny Florian and Diego Sanchez .750 winning percentage Record of Ultimate Fighter castmembers in UFC title fights: 3-10Number of Ultimate Fighter finalists no longer with the UFC: 12Top five most successful Ultimate Fighter finalists1. Rashad Evans TUF 22. Michael Bisping TUF 33. Diego Sanchez TUF 14. Kenny Florian TUF 15. Forrest Griffin TUF 1Top five least successful Ultimate Fighter finalists1. Brad Imes TUF 22. Josh Haynes TUF 33. Phillipe Nover TUF 84. Kris McCray TUF 115. Tommy Speer TUF 6/ Vinny Magalhães TUF 8Overall record of The Ultimate Fighter 1-3 finalists (12 fighters): 86-52-1 = .623Overall record of the Ultimate Fighter 5-12 finalists (20 fighters): 54-51 =.514The Ultimate Fighter 1Kenny Florian 12-4 UFC record Diego Sanchez 12-4 UFC record Stephan Bonnar 7-6 UFC recordForrest Griffin 9-5 UFC recordThe Ultimate Fighter 2Luke Cummo 3-4 UFC recordJoe Stevenson 8-8 UFC recordBrad Imes 0-3 UFC recordRashad Evans 11-1-1 UFC recordThe Ultimate Fighter 3Ed Herman 6-5 UFC recordKendall Grove 7-6 UFC recordJosh Haynes 0-3 UFC record Michael Bisping 11-3 UFC recordThe Ultimate Fighter 4 (post show UFC record)Chris Lytle 9-6 UFC recordMatt Serra 3-3 UFC record Patrick Cote 4-4 UFC recordTravis Lutter 1-2 UFC record The Ultimate Fighter 5Manny Gamburyan 2-4 UFC recordNate Diaz 8-5 UFC recordThe Ultimate Fighter 6Tommy Speer 0-2 UFC recordMac Danzig 4-4 UFC recordThe Ultimate Fighter 7C.B Dollaway 5-4 UFC recordAmir Sadollah 5-3 UFC recordThe Ultimate Fighter 8Phillipe Nover 0-3 UFC recordEfrain Escudero 3-2 UFC recordVinny Magalhães 0-2 UFC record Ryan Bader 5-2 UFC record The Ultimate Fighter 9Andre Winner 2-4 UFC recordRoss Pearson 4-2 UFC recordDaMarques Johnson 3-3 UFC record James Wilks 2-2 UFC record The Ultimate Fighter 10Brendan Schaub 4-2 UFC record Roy Nelson 2-2 UFC recordThe Ultimate Fighter 11Kris McCray 0-3 UFC recordCourt McGee 3-0 UFC record The Ultimate Fighter 12Michael Johnson 1-1 UFC recordJonathan Brookins 1-1 UFC record The Ultimate Fighter 13Ramsey Nijem 0-1 UFC record Tony Ferguson 1-0 UFC record

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